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leger

See also: léger

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French léger, assumed to be from Latin leviarius, from levis (“light in weight”). See levity.

Adjective

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leger (comparative more leger, superlative most leger)

  1. (obsolete) Light; slender, slim; trivial.

Etymology 2

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A variant of ledger.

Adjective

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leger (comparative more leger, superlative most leger)

  1. Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.
    a leger ambassador

Noun

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leger (plural legers)

  1. An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government; a leiger or lieger.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC:
      Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome
  2. (obsolete) Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
  3. (obsolete) Alternative form of ledger (“book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records”)
    • 1822, Nicolas Pike, Chester Dewey, “Book Keeping”, in A New and Complete System of Arithmetick. Composed for the Use of Citizens of the United States, 4th edition, Troy, N.Y.: Printed and published by W[illia]m S. Parker, […], →OCLC, page 490:
      The Leger exhibits at one view the accounts with an individual, as it contains on the Dr. [debt] side whatever he has received, and on the Cr. [credit] side whatever he has paid. […] Let each account be posted from the Day Book in its proper place in the Leger. If a mistake be made, let it be corrected by an account in the Day Book, clearly stating the correction, and then let this account be posted in its proper place in the Leger, that no blot or erasure may disfigure its pages.
    • 1837 December 20, Thomas P. Cope, Speech of Thomas P. Cope of Philadelphia, on Banks and Currency. […], [Philadelphia, Pa.]: Printed at No. 46 Carpenter Street, published 1838, →OCLC, page 9:
      [T]his city of "merchants, whose counting-houses are their churches, whose money is their God, and whose legers, (defaced legers, of course, the delegate from Indiana will understand me,) whose legers are their bibles."
    • 1843, George Leonard, Jr., “Book-keeping. [Book-keeping by Single Entry. Lesson 229.]”, in A Practical Treatise on Arithmetic, […], 12th stereotyped edition, Boston, Mass.: Otis, Broaders, and Company;  […], →OCLC, page 311:
      The original charges, however, are made in what is called a day book, where they are written one after another, in the order in which the transactions occur. During the hours of leisure, these charges are copied into another book, […] the account of each man being placed under his name. This book is called the leger. The act of copying from the day book into the leger is called posting.

Verb

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leger (third-person singular simple present legers, present participle legering, simple past and past participle legered)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, British, fishing) Alternative form of ledger (“to use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing; to engage in bottom fishing”)
    • 1864, “Otter” [pseudonym; H. Jervis Alfred], “Eel, Lamprey and Lampern”, in The Modern Angler, Containing Instructions in the Art of Fly-fishing, Spining and Bottom-fishing, […], London: Alfred & Son, […], →OCLC, part I, page 68:
      Night-lines are made of water-cord, with the hooks about half-a-yard apart, baited with worms, loach, gudgeons, &c.; a brick is fastened to each end of the line to sink it, or a peg at one end and a brick at the other, and laid obliquely across the stream. They are also often taken when Legering for Barbel, […]
    • 1878, “The Fishing Season”, in Once a Week, volume VIII (Fourth Series), London: Published at the offices, 19, Tavistock Street, W.C., →OCLC, page 95, column 1:
      Messrs. E. Frost and Tomkins, at Monkey Island, in two days, caught 80 lbs. weight of chub, dace, and roach with the fly and cheese paste, and in legering a trout of 2¼ lbs.
    • 1997, Paul Gustafson, “Rigs”, in How to Catch Bigger Pike from Rivers, Lochs and Lakes, London: Collins Willow, HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN; republished as How to Catch Big Pike: All the Insight and Technique You Need to Catch Bigger Pike, whatever the Location, London: Robinson, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2016, →ISBN, page 160:
      The added advantage of legering a small bait rather than freelining one is that you can tighten up harder to the bait and so spot runs earlier.
    • 1998, Martin James, “Flounder”, in Paul Morgan, editor, Saltwater Flyfishing: Britain and Northern Europe, Machynlleth, Powys: Coch-y-Bonddu Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 156:
      The flounder spends its life between the tideline and the 25 to 30 fathoms mark, but they are often caught several miles upstream in freshwater rivers by anglers legering worms or gentles.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “leger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch leger, from Old Dutch *leger, from Proto-West Germanic *legr, from Proto-Germanic *legrą. Doublet of lager. Cognate to English lair.

Noun

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leger n (plural legers, diminutive legertje n)

  1. army, armed forces
  2. form (habitation of a hare)
  3. (archaic) bed, crib
  4. (figurative) mass, multitude
  5. Short for dijkleger.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: leër
  • → English: leaguer
  • → Sranan Tongo: legre

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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leger

  1. comparative degree of leeg

Verb

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leger

  1. inflection of legeren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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German

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Etymology

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18th century, borrowed from French léger.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /leˈʒɛːʁ/, [leˈʒɛ(ː)ɐ̯], [lə-], [-ˈʒeːɐ̯]
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  • Hyphenation: le‧ger

Adjective

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leger (strong nominative masculine singular legerer, comparative legerer, superlative am legersten)

  1. casual, informal
    Synonyms: locker, entspannt, ungezwungen, informell, lässig, lax, salopp
  2. (of clothing) dressed down
    Synonyms: informell, lässig, sportlich

Declension

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Positive forms of leger
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist leger sie ist leger es ist leger sie sind leger
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative legerer legere legeres legere
genitive legeren legerer legeren legerer
dative legerem legerer legerem legeren
accusative legeren legere legeres legere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der legere die legere das legere die legeren
genitive des legeren der legeren des legeren der legeren
dative dem legeren der legeren dem legeren den legeren
accusative den legeren die legere das legere die legeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein legerer eine legere ein legeres (keine) legeren
genitive eines legeren einer legeren eines legeren (keiner) legeren
dative einem legeren einer legeren einem legeren (keinen) legeren
accusative einen legeren eine legere ein legeres (keine) legeren
Comparative forms of leger
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist legerer sie ist legerer es ist legerer sie sind legerer
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative legererer legerere legereres legerere
genitive legereren legererer legereren legererer
dative legererem legererer legererem legereren
accusative legereren legerere legereres legerere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der legerere die legerere das legerere die legereren
genitive des legereren der legereren des legereren der legereren
dative dem legereren der legereren dem legereren den legereren
accusative den legereren die legerere das legerere die legereren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein legererer eine legerere ein legereres (keine) legereren
genitive eines legereren einer legereren eines legereren (keiner) legereren
dative einem legereren einer legereren einem legereren (keinen) legereren
accusative einen legereren eine legerere ein legereres (keine) legereren
Superlative forms of leger
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am legersten sie ist am legersten es ist am legersten sie sind am legersten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative legerster legerste legerstes legerste
genitive legersten legerster legersten legerster
dative legerstem legerster legerstem legersten
accusative legersten legerste legerstes legerste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der legerste die legerste das legerste die legersten
genitive des legersten der legersten des legersten der legersten
dative dem legersten der legersten dem legersten den legersten
accusative den legersten die legerste das legerste die legersten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein legerster eine legerste ein legerstes (keine) legersten
genitive eines legersten einer legersten eines legersten (keiner) legersten
dative einem legersten einer legersten einem legersten (keinen) legersten
accusative einen legersten eine legerste ein legerstes (keine) legersten

Further reading

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  • “leger” in Duden online
  • “leger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch legger (“ledger”).

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  • IPA(key): /lɛɡər/
  • Hyphenation: lè‧gêr

Noun

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lègêr (first-person possessive legerku, second-person possessive legermu, third-person possessive legernya)

  1. (education) a ledger, the marking register.

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Interlingua

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Verb

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leger

  1. to read

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of leger
infinitive leger
participle present perfect
legente legite
active simple perfect
present lege ha legite
past legeva habeva legite
future legera habera legite
conditional legerea haberea legite
imperative lege
passive simple perfect
present es legite ha essite legite
past esseva legite habeva essite legite
future essera legite habera essite legite
conditional esserea legite haberea essite legite
imperative sia legite

Latin

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lēger

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lēgō

Middle English

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leger

  1. Alternative form of liggere

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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leger m

  1. indefinite plural of lege

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leger

  1. present of lege

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leger f

  1. indefinite plural of lege

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *legr.

Cognate with Old Frisian leger, Old Saxon legar, Dutch leger (“bed, camp, army”), Old High German legar (German Lager (“camp”)), Old Norse legr (Danish lejr, Swedish läger (“bed”)), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍃 (ligrs). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek λέχος (lékhos), Latin lectus (“bed”), Proto-Celtic *legyom (Old Irish lige, Irish luí), Proto-Slavic *ležati (Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ)).

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leġer n

  1. the state or action of lying, lying down, or lying ill
    • on ðam sixtan dæge his legeres ― on the sixth day of his illness
  2. resting-place; couch, bed
  3. deathbed, grave
    • on gehalgodan legere licgan ― to be buried in a consecrated grave

Declension

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Declension of leger (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative leġer leġru
accusative leġer leġru
genitive leġres leġra
dative leġre leġrum
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Etymology 1

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From Latin legō, legere.

Verb

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leger

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader) to read
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of leger (Sursilvan)
infinitive leger
gerund legend
past participle legiu
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
present legel legas lega legein legeis legan
imperfect legavel legavas legava legavan legavas legavan
future vegnel a leger vegns a leger vegn a leger vegnin a leger vegnis a leger vegnan a leger
conditional jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
direct present legess legesses legess legessen legesses legessen
indirect present legessi legessies legessi legessien legessies legessien
direct future vegness a leger vegnesses a leger vegness a leger vegnessen a leger vegnesses a leger vegnessen a leger
indirect future vegnessi a leger vegnessies a leger vegnessi a leger vegnessien a leger vegnessies a leger vegnessien a leger
subjunctive che jeu che ti ch'el/ch'ella che nus che vus ch'els/ch'ellas
present legi legies legi legeien legeies legien
past legevi legevies legevi legevien legevies legevien
future vegni a leger vegnies a leger vegni a leger vegnîen a leger vegnîes a leger vegnien a leger
imperative — ti — — vus —
lega legei
    Conjugation of leger (Grischun)
infinitive leger
gerund legend
past participle legì, legida
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
present legel legas lega legain legais legan
imperfect legeva legevas legeva legevan legevas legevan
future vegnel a leger vegns a leger vegn a leger vegnin a leger vegnis a leger vegnan a leger
conditional jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
present legess legesses legess legessen legesses legessen
future vegness a leger vegnesses a leger vegness a leger vegnessen a leger vegnesses a leger vegnessen a leger
subjunctive che jeu che ti ch'el/ch'ella che nus che vus ch'els/ch'ellas
present legia legias legia legian legias legian
future vegni a leger vegnies a leger vegni a leger vegnîen a leger vegnîes a leger vegnien a leger
imperative — ti — — vus —
lega legai
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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leger m (feminine singular legra, masculine plural legers, feminine plural legras)

  1. (Sursilvan) merry, happy
    Synonym: allegher
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Adjective

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leger (comparative legerare, superlative legerast)

  1. Alternative form of legär

Inflection

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Inflection of leger
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular leger legerare legerast
Neuter singular legert legerare legerast
Plural legera legerare legerast
Masculine plural3 legere legerare legerast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 legere legerare legeraste
All legera legerare legeraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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